Definition

1. Noun (Botany):
   • Bud: A small, undeveloped or embryonic swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot. The most common usage refers specifically to a flower bud.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Những cành đào đã có nhiều nụ. (The peach branches already have many buds.)
  • Nụ hoa hồng sắp nở. (The rose bud is about to bloom.)

Advanced Usage

• "nụ cười": Literally "a smile bud," meaning a nascent or slight smile.
  • Trên môi cô ấy nở một nụ cười dịu dàng. (A gentle smile blossomed on her lips.)

Variants and Related Words

• Búp (n): A bud or shoot, often used for tender new growth on trees like tea or bamboo.
  • Búp chè non (young tea bud).

Synonyms

• Bud (the primary and direct translation).
• Bloom (when referring to the flower that develops from the bud).

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Chớm nụ: To begin to bud; figuratively, to start to show signs of something.
  • Tình cảm mới chỉ chớm nụ. (The feelings have only just begun to bud.)
• Nụ cười xòa: A broad, open smile.
  • Cô ấy đón tôi với nụ cười xòa thân thiện. (She greeted me with a friendly, broad smile.)

noun

1. (Bot) bud
   • nụ hoa
     flower-bud